(CBS/AP) SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham, one of the top prep recruits in the country, has signed a national letter of intent to play at Missouri.

The Springfield (Hillcrest), Mo., player says he wanted to remain close to home and that the Tigers  who are entering the Southeastern Conference next season  are the perfect fit. Green-Beckham says he built a close relationship with the Missouri coaches during the recruiting process and that influenced his decision.

The 6-foot-6, 225-pound Green-Beckham says he slept on his decision Monday night after weekend visit to Columbia, Mo., and he still felt the Tigers were the right decision on Tuesday.

SPRINGFIELD — He walks into the Hillcrest High locker room wearing headphones, one ear covered and the other free, his thumbs looped around the straps of his blue backpack. Passing a tabletop with two black leather jackets draped over it, Dorial Green-Beckham enters an office with a glass window.
John Beckham, Hillcrests football coach and Dorials adoptive father, pats his 6-foot-6 wide receiver on the elbow.
Arkansas is right in here, Beckham says, motioning toward an adjoining room. The 17-year-old Dorial nods before heading toward his next meeting with college football recruiters.
Green-Beckham already has been compared with former NFL stars such as Randy Moss and Terrell Owens. He is Missouris best college football prospect, and Rivals ranks him as the nations No. 1 recruit.

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